Dr. Lilly Mbinglo, CPA to Speak at the 2026 Community Impact Conference
I am pleased to share that I will be speaking at the 2026 Community Impact Conference, taking place September 15 and 16 at Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Co-hosted by Black BRAND and Volunteer Hampton Roads, the two-day conference will bring together approximately 100 regional decision-makers, nonprofit executives, social entrepreneurs, philanthropic leaders, and community stakeholders for conversations centered on building stronger and more sustainable organizations.
The conference will address issues that nonprofit and community leaders face every day, including budgeting from a CEO’s perspective, organizational sustainability, endowments, impact investing, earned revenue, funding diversification, and political engagement for nonprofit executive directors.
For me, this is especially meaningful.
One of the missions that has guided my work as a CPA, consultant, educator, and business leader is to "teach and distribute finance knowledge."
I believe professional knowledge becomes more valuable when it moves beyond offices, classrooms, and technical conversations and reaches the people making decisions that affect organizations, families, and communities.
That is why I value opportunities to sit with leaders who are doing the difficult work of building organizations and solving problems in their communities.
My years of working with nonprofit organizations have shown me that passion for a mission must be supported by sound financial stewardship, responsible structures, and long-term thinking. An organization can have an important mission and still struggle if its leaders lack the financial knowledge and systems required to sustain that mission.
The 2026 Community Impact Conference creates space for those conversations.
I am looking forward to contributing what I have learned from accounting, tax, consulting, education, and working directly with organizations. I am equally looking forward to learning from the experiences of the other leaders in the room.
For me, speaking and training is never simply about having a platform. It is an opportunity to distribute useful knowledge, strengthen the people doing important work, and help turn good intentions into sustainable impact.
Event Details:
September 15–16, 2026
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Virginia
Link to the event: https://app.glueup.com/event/community-impact-conference-2026-190272/
I look forward to seeing many of our Hampton Roads nonprofit and community leaders there.
Blessings!
Dr. Lilly Mbinglo, CPA
Date: September 15, 2026 - September 16, 2026
Location: Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake Campus
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